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Definition of pink salmon in English:

pink salmon

noun

‘Another effect of the bears is reflected in the dorsal humps of male sockeye and pink salmon: they are smaller than the humps of salmon not exposed to bears.’

‘Some of the species that enter freshwater to spawn are western brook lamprey, pacific lamprey, river lamprey, green sturgeon, white sturgeon, pink salmon, chum salmon, coho salmon, and sockeye salmon.’

‘North Shore residents are among those who took part in a rally Friday in Vancouver urging the fisheries department to close all salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago while pink salmon are migrating through the area.’

‘Previous analyses of linkage in pink salmon, O. gorbuscha, involved a small number of matings.’

‘Instead, the fisheries department opted to shut some - but not all - of the salmon farms in the area, to open a ‘migration route’ for the wild pink salmon.’